by Ausaf Sayeed | Sep 13, 2026 | BRICS, Geopolitics, India-BRICS, West Asia
When the leaders of an eleven-nation bloc representing roughly half of humanity gathered at Bharat Mandapam on 12–13 September, the question was whether BRICS could still agree. In May, its foreign ministers had failed to issue a joint statement over differences on...
by Ausaf Sayeed | Sep 11, 2026 | BRICS, Geopolitics, India-BRICS
When BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi on September 12–13, India’s challenge will go beyond hosting another summit. Expansion has brought greater weight, but also sharper contradictions. New Delhi must show that countries with divergent interests can cooperate without...
by Ausaf Sayeed | Sep 7, 2026 | BRICS, India, India-BRICS
As India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit, its challenge is to turn the grouping’s enlarged weight into practical choices – without allowing it to harden into another geopolitical bloc. When the leaders of the eleven-member BRICS gather at Bharat Mandapam on...
